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In your research, you expose a culture of amoebae to mutating radiation and then isolate a mutant cell that is unable to move (it cannot crawl around), but otherwise grows, divides, and appears normal. You suspect that most likely, this cell has a mutation in a gene that encodes a protein involved in:________.A) Actin filament formation.B) Microtubule formation.C) Ribosome assembly.D) Intermediate filament formation.E) DNA formation.

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Answer: E) DNA formation.

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In your research, you expose a culture of amoebae to mutating radiation and then isolate a mutant cell that is unable to move (it cannot crawl around), but otherwise grows, divides, and appears normal. You suspect that most likely, this cell has a mutation in a gene that encodes a protein involved in: DNA formation.

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Answer:

Option E is correct.

Step-by-step explanation:

It is also known as DNA replication which is biological action where two identical replicas of a DNA from one original DNA molecule is formed, the cell usually have distinct divisional property..

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